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  1. Article: Autistic Traits Among Adolescents and Young Adults Under Assessment for Psychiatric Conditions: An Experimental Analysis of Prevalence - CORRIGENDUM.

    İnci, Sanem / Nisticò, Veronica / Folatti, Irene / Santangelo, Giulia / Sanguineti, Claudio / Faggioli, Raffaella / Bertani, Angelo / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    BJPsych open

    2024  Volume 10, Issue 3, Page(s) e72

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2829557-2
    ISSN 2056-4724
    ISSN 2056-4724
    DOI 10.1192/bjo.2024.40
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  2. Article ; Online: Autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and eating disturbances in a sample of young adults referring to a generalized mental health clinic.

    Nisticò, Veronica / Ingrosso, Gianmarco / Lombardi, Francesco / Chiudinelli, Elia / Bianchini, Giulia / Faggioli, Raffaella / Bertani, Angelo / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Eating and weight disorders : EWD

    2024  Volume 29, Issue 1, Page(s) 10

    Abstract: Purpose: The relationship between autistic traits and eating disturbances has been given considerable attention over the last decades. The rise of a dimensional approach to psychopathology has expanded the way we think about autism, acknowledging that ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: The relationship between autistic traits and eating disturbances has been given considerable attention over the last decades. The rise of a dimensional approach to psychopathology has expanded the way we think about autism, acknowledging that subthreshold autistic manifestations span across the general population and are more pronounced in psychiatric patients. Here we investigated the prevalence of eating disorders and its potential relationship with autistic traits and sensory sensitivity in a group of patients who were referred for the first time to a mental health outpatient clinic, without a formal diagnosis yet.
    Methods: 259 young adults (between 18 and 24 years old) completed: the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), the Swedish Eating Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders (SWEAA), the Autism Quotient (AQ), the Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R), and the Sensory Perception Quotient-Short Form 35 item (SPQ-SF35).
    Results: 23.55% of participants scored above the cut-off at the EAT-26, suggesting that they presented a risk for eating disorders and should be assessed by a specialized clinician; associations emerged between hypersensitivity in the touch and vision domain and both the EAT-26 and the SWEAA; the presence of autistic traits was largely associated with eating disturbances.
    Conclusions: This study underlines the significance of the eating domain as a central psychopathological feature in the distress experienced by young adults with general psychiatric symptoms and psychological suffering; it adds evidence to the association between autistic traits and eating disorders and opens to new research questions about the role of subthreshold autistic traits in general psychopathology.
    Level of evidence: Level I: Evidence obtained from experimental studies.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Young Adult ; Child ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Autistic Disorder ; Mental Health ; Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Anxiety ; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-23
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2038625-4
    ISSN 1590-1262 ; 1124-4909
    ISSN (online) 1590-1262
    ISSN 1124-4909
    DOI 10.1007/s40519-024-01639-7
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  3. Article ; Online: The psychological impact of COVID-19 among a sample of Italian patients with functional neurological disorders: A preliminary study.

    Nisticò, Veronica / Goeta, Diana / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Parkinsonism & related disorders

    2020  Volume 78, Page(s) 79–81

    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anxiety/psychology ; COVID-19 ; Case-Control Studies ; Conversion Disorder/psychology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Depression/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Italy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Movement Disorders/psychology ; Seizures/psychology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology ; Stress, Psychological/psychology ; Young Adult
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1311489-x
    ISSN 1873-5126 ; 1353-8020
    ISSN (online) 1873-5126
    ISSN 1353-8020
    DOI 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.07.019
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  4. Article: Functional Neuroimaging in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review Highlights Common Brain Alterations With Functional Movement Disorders.

    Nisticò, Veronica / Rossi, Roberta E / D'Arrigo, Andrea M / Priori, Alberto / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility

    2022  Volume 28, Issue 2, Page(s) 185–203

    Abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by recurring abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without detectable organic causes. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the literature ... ...

    Abstract Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by recurring abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without detectable organic causes. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the literature on functional neuroimaging in IBS and to highlight brain alterations similarities with other functional disorders - functional movement disorders in particular. We conducted the bibliographic search via PubMed in August 2020 and included 50 studies following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for systematic reviews. Overall, our findings showed an aberrant activation and functional connectivity of the insular, cingulate, sensorimotor and frontal cortices, the amygdala and the hippocampus, suggesting an altered activity of the homeostatic and salience network and of the autonomous nervous system. Moreover, glutamatergic dysfunction in the anterior insula and hypothalamic pituitary axis dysregulation were often reported. These alterations seem to be very similar to those observed in patients with functional movement disorders. Hence, we speculate that different functional disturbances might share a common pathophysiology and we discussed our findings in the light of a Bayesian model framework.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-11
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2573719-3
    ISSN 2093-0887 ; 2093-0879
    ISSN (online) 2093-0887
    ISSN 2093-0879
    DOI 10.5056/jnm21079
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  5. Article ; Online: Brief Report: Sensory Sensitivity is Associated with Disturbed Eating in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Without Intellectual Disabilities.

    Nisticò, Veronica / Faggioli, Raffaella / Tedesco, Roberta / Giordano, Barbara / Priori, Alberto / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Journal of autism and developmental disorders

    2022  Volume 53, Issue 8, Page(s) 3295–3300

    Abstract: Aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between sensory sensitivity and autistic eating behaviours or Eating Disorders (EDs) symptomatology, in a group of 75 adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) without intellectual disabilities, ...

    Abstract Aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between sensory sensitivity and autistic eating behaviours or Eating Disorders (EDs) symptomatology, in a group of 75 adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) without intellectual disabilities, through a series of self-report questionnaires. We found that, controlling for demographic and clinical features: (i) hypersensitivity in the vision domain predicted higher levels of both EDs symptoms and autistic eating behaviours; (ii) hyposensitivity in the taste domain predicted higher levels of EDs symptoms. This gives preliminary evidence that not only in children diagnosed with ASDs, but even in adult individuals, the threshold of sensory sensitivity is associated with dysfunctional eating behaviours.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Adult ; Humans ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis ; Intellectual Disability/epidemiology ; Intellectual Disability/complications ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Self Report ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/complications ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 391999-7
    ISSN 1573-3432 ; 0162-3257
    ISSN (online) 1573-3432
    ISSN 0162-3257
    DOI 10.1007/s10803-022-05439-9
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  6. Article: The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among a Sample of Italian Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Follow-Up Study.

    Nisticò, Veronica / Fior, Giulia / Faggioli, Raffaella / Priori, Alberto / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 10, Issue 5

    Abstract: The strict lockdowns imposed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic brought an increase in levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in the general population. However, in a previous study, our group found that individuals with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum ...

    Abstract The strict lockdowns imposed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic brought an increase in levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in the general population. However, in a previous study, our group found that individuals with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (HF-ASD) reported an increase in their psychological wellbeing and a decrease in their daily tiredness, in relation to the social distancing measures imposed during the first Italian lockdown (between March and May 2020). In this follow-up study, conducted during the "second wave" of COVID-19, we included the same group of individuals with HF-ASD and evaluated their levels of stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD-related symptoms, tiredness, and perceived wellbeing; moreover, we compared our results to the ones we obtained during the first lockdown on the same population. We found that individuals with HF-ASD experienced higher levels of the aforementioned psychiatric symptoms during the second lockdown, with respect to the first one. These levels positively correlated with their scores at the Autism Quotient subscale Attention Switching: hence, we speculated that these symptoms might be due not only to the prolonging of the social distancing measures, but also to the uncertainty that HF-ASD participants started experiencing at the end of the first lockdown.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2721009-1
    ISSN 2227-9032
    ISSN 2227-9032
    DOI 10.3390/healthcare10050782
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  7. Article ; Online: Towards a tailored psychotherapy for patients with functional neurological disorders.

    Demartini, Benedetta / Marotta, Angela / Castelnovo, Anna / Del Piccolo, Lidia / Nisticò, Veronica / Gambini, Orsola / Tinazzi, Michele

    Journal of affective disorders

    2022  Volume 313, Page(s) 260–262

    MeSH term(s) Conversion Disorder ; Humans ; Psychotherapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 135449-8
    ISSN 1573-2517 ; 0165-0327
    ISSN (online) 1573-2517
    ISSN 0165-0327
    DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2022.06.022
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  8. Article ; Online: Toward an Increased Attention on ADHD Symptoms and Traits in Young Adults: Prevalence Data From Screening Tools in a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic.

    Sanguineti, Claudio / Nisticò, Veronica / Folatti, Irene / Santangelo, Giulia / Faggioli, Raffaella / Bertani, Angelo / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Journal of attention disorders

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 2, Page(s) 151–160

    Abstract: Objective: to analyze the prevalence of ADHD symptoms and traits in a heterogeneous clinical psychiatric sample of young adults (aged 18-24 years old), who referred to a specialized outpatient clinic for various psychiatric and psychological ... ...

    Abstract Objective: to analyze the prevalence of ADHD symptoms and traits in a heterogeneous clinical psychiatric sample of young adults (aged 18-24 years old), who referred to a specialized outpatient clinic for various psychiatric and psychological disturbances.
    Method: 259 participants completed three validated self-report screening questionnaires for ADHD: the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS), the Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Screening Scale for DSM-5 (ASRS-5), and the Conners' adult ADHD rating scale (CAARS).
    Results: 12.4% of our sample scored above the cut-off at both the WURS and the ASRS-5 and was considered at risk of ADHD.
    Conclusion: the prevalence rate in our sample is higher than the one found in the adult general population (6.76%), and in the lower range of the one found in the adult clinical population (6.9%-38.8%). The potential role of sociodemographic (age, sex, gender identity, and employment) and comorbidity factors is discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/epidemiology ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/psychology ; Prevalence ; Gender Identity ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Psychometrics ; Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Attention
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2004350-8
    ISSN 1557-1246 ; 1087-0547
    ISSN (online) 1557-1246
    ISSN 1087-0547
    DOI 10.1177/10870547231201954
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  9. Article ; Online: Long-term Memory of Sensory Experiences from the First Pregnancy, its Peri-partum and Post-partum in Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders without Intellectual Disabilities: A Retrospective Study.

    Demartini, Benedetta / Nisticò, Veronica / Limonta, Serena / Tarantino, Vincenza / Stefanelli, Giulia / Calistro, Federica / Giambanco, Laura / Faggioli, Raffaella / Gambini, Orsola / Turriziani, Patrizia

    Journal of autism and developmental disorders

    2023  

    Abstract: Purpose: To explore the recalled experience of pregnancy and motherhood in women diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) without intellectual disabilities, focusing on sensory perceptions and mood.: Methods: We retrospectively evaluated, ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: To explore the recalled experience of pregnancy and motherhood in women diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) without intellectual disabilities, focusing on sensory perceptions and mood.
    Methods: We retrospectively evaluated, through an ad-hoc structured interview, the sensory sensitivity during the pre-partum, the peri-partum, and the post-partum of thirty-three mothers with ASD and thirty-two neurotypical mothers. Participants also underwent a psychometric assessment about autistic traits, general sensory sensitivity, and post-partum depressive symptomatology.
    Results: Mothers with ASD recalled a higher sensitivity than the comparison group across the three time-points; however, during the peri-partum their recalled hypersensitivity decreases, and in the post-partum it returned as high as before childbirth. The difference in the length of recall between groups did not statistically influence our results. Higher levels of autistic traits correlated with higher depressive post-partum symptomatology.
    Conclusions: Mothers with ASD seem to recall their experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum period differently from neurotypical mothers, particularly in terms of hypersensitivity. The correlation with depressive symptoms and the potential role of oxytocin and of long-term memory (encoding and recollection) are discussed. Further exploring these aspects might give fundamental hints to provide tailored support to mothers with ASD during pregnancy and motherhood.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 391999-7
    ISSN 1573-3432 ; 0162-3257
    ISSN (online) 1573-3432
    ISSN 0162-3257
    DOI 10.1007/s10803-023-06189-y
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  10. Article ; Online: Traits of narcissistic vulnerability in adults with autism spectrum disorders without intellectual disabilities.

    Broglia, Giovanni / Nisticò, Veronica / Di Paolo, Bianca / Faggioli, Raffaella / Bertani, Angelo / Gambini, Orsola / Demartini, Benedetta

    Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research

    2023  Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 138–147

    Abstract: The relationship between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), considering the dimensions of narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability, represents an important differential diagnosis and potential ground of ... ...

    Abstract The relationship between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), considering the dimensions of narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability, represents an important differential diagnosis and potential ground of comorbidity, since both conditions show high grades of pervasiveness, a life-long course, ego-syntonic traits, and difficulties in building up and sustaining interpersonal relationships Although the co-diagnosis rates, according to the categorical criteria in use, are limited (0%-6.4%), it is common to encounter diagnostic doubts in clinical practice. Here we investigated the dimensions of narcissistic vulnerability and grandiosity in a sample of 87 adults diagnosed with ASD without intellectual disabilities through the administration of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory-52 Items (PNI-52). The mean scores of our sample were compared with the normative distribution available in the literature, and we found that individuals with ASD scored significantly higher than neurotypical controls at the Total Score and at the Vulnerable Narcissism subscale, but not at the Grandiose Narcissism subscales. Demographic features did not influence these results. Vulnerable narcissism was significantly associated with the "Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale - Revised" subscale Social Relatedness. These findings could potentially be indicative of a greater comorbidity rate between the two disorders with respect to the one reported to date, possibly because DSM-5 criteria are mainly focused on the grandiose dimension. Potential explanatory links between ASD phenomenology and vulnerable narcissism, such as the personality dimension of neuroticism, are discussed, together with the possible role of narcissistic vulnerability in mediating internalizing symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression) in individuals with ASD.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Personality Disorders/complications ; Personality Disorders/epidemiology ; Personality Disorders/diagnosis ; Narcissism ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/complications ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/epidemiology ; Intellectual Disability/complications ; Intellectual Disability/epidemiology ; Emotions
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2481338-2
    ISSN 1939-3806 ; 1939-3792
    ISSN (online) 1939-3806
    ISSN 1939-3792
    DOI 10.1002/aur.3065
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